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Embark on a gripping maritime history adventure where daring sailors risk everything to conquer a relentless ocean. Perfect for an immersive daily commute or focused learning, this awe-inspiring narrative transforms the abstract concept of a spherical earth into a brutal, lived reality. Feel the...

Venture into the unknown in this sweeping world history exploring humanity's drive to conquer the untamed wilderness. Perfect for an adventurous long commute, this immersive audio journey transports you from ancient river valleys to the cold vacuum of deep space. Witness the dramatic clash...

Dive into a thrilling true adventure of human obsession, tracking lost riches from ancient tombs to sunken shipwrecks. Perfect for an adventurous commute, this fast-moving narrative uncovers the relentless drive to uncover hidden wealth across the globe. You will travel alongside medieval...

This gripping narrative history chronicles the doomed polar expeditions where human obsession clashed with extreme cold. Perfect for a thrilling commute or a chilling armchair travel experience, this atmospheric true adventure plunges you straight into an unforgiving frozen wilderness. Feel the...

Step into a harrowing maritime history of survival where ambitious navigators gambled everything to map a round Earth. Perfect for your next long commute, this tense narrative plunges you directly into the brutal open ocean. Royal courts, rogue storms, and mutinous crews collide in a high-stakes...

Dive into a narrative history of polar exploration where human ambition battles the unforgiving frozen wastelands. Perfect for an immersive commute, this dramatic saga journeys from ancient mythological maps to the deadly, high-stakes race for the extreme ends of the Earth. Settle in for an...

Experience the ultimate triumph of aerospace history as humanity battles physics to conquer the brutal void of space. Perfect for a gripping commute or an afternoon of deep learning, this awe-inspiring narrative reveals our dangerous obsession with leaving Earth. Witness the fiery collision of...

A tiny magnetic needle conquered deadly oceans and sparked a global age of maritime adventure and scientific discovery. Perfect for a morning commute or relaxing road trip, this inspiring micro-history reveals an epic tale of human ingenuity. Step back to an era where travelers trusted only...

A new history of the Renaissance's greatest feat of exploration: Sir Walter Ralegh's search for the legendary city of El Dorado, by New York Times bestselling author David Gibbins. In 1594, English adventurer Sir Walter Ralegh heard the story of a lost city in South America from a Spanish...

On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy. Tracing the lives of fabled pirates like the Chevalier de Grammont, Nikolaas Van Hoorn, Thomas Paine, and Jean...

The unsolved mysteries of George Mallory, Sandy Irvine, and their legendary 1924 Everest expedition. This program includes an audio-exclusive bonus conversation between the authors. There is no mystery more compelling in the history of mountaineering than the disappearance of George Mallory and...

The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth “Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert...

New York Times Book Review’s "100 Notable Books of 2023" "Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows...

A "masterly" (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world "Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to convey both Vallejo’s passionate narrative presence and her synthesising intelligence.” —The...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST GOODREADS "A lean...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter “The energy of...

A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world “The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more...

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013 From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across...

JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago. A Companion Book to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Film on PBS Going in depth to explore their stories beyond the PBS series...

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author...